Arx Fatalis Review at Game industry News

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Most facets of Arkane Studios' first person fantasy RPG are received with indifference.

By IGN Staff

In spite of a strapline of "Flawed Beauty" and the conferral of an overall score of 3.5 out of 5, the latest review of Arx Fatalis is largely negative. The following disappointed words pertain to the sonics:

Let's start with the sound. The music in the game is extremely loud, yet the voice track seems to have been recorded with all the actors sitting under several blankets. You can never hear what they are saying, especially in cut scenes when you are supposed to be getting important plot details. You can lower the music volume in the control panel which helps some, though with no music at all, the voice track would still be too low. Even if you do monkey with the settings, all your sound settings go back to the default if you have to re-load your game, or if you exit the game and start playing later.

The author does lighten the tone a tad towards the end, conceding that he did enjoy the title despite its shortcomings, and that it may be suited to more staunch role players. - Annihilator